Iconic Images: Project works to promote county through artwork

11:28 PM,
Oct. 3, 2013

The Discovery Center's Tara MacDougall Wednesday displays the poster of the Rutherford County Courthouse done by artist Aaron Johnson, right, from Anderson Design Group. The meeting focused on encouraging businesses to fund similar posters.

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A group of local leaders hope to promote Rutherford County and its iconic landmarks through a collection of vintage artwork as early as next spring.

Tara MacDougall, director of Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, and businesswoman Andrea Loughry led a meeting Wednesday morning at the Courthouse where the first image - of the courthouse itself - was unveiled. The artwork was created by Aaron Johnson of Nashville's Anderson Design Group.

The firm has created similar artwork for more than 100 sites in Nashville, along with Franklin, Knoxville, the U.S. National Park Service and Chrysler. ...